The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #167583   Message #4049971
Posted By: GUEST
02-May-20 - 12:28 PM
Thread Name: Ewan MacColl
Subject: RE: Ewan MacColl
The McColl website has links in their shop section that go to the Bandcamp site where a load of albums can be found. Just had a look at one of them which said that it was sourced from the original vinyl so some not not going to be the best quality, but it seems to be clearly stated. Prices on Bandcamp are determined by the artists or whoever owns the individual site, then Bandcamp deducts a small percentage after a sale has gone through. Hardly a ripoff, it enables anyone to put up their music across a wide variety of genres, including ‘folk,’ and is used by many independent artists. I buy stuff there all the time, prices very reasonable and many are ‘pay what you want.’ Formats are in wav, flac or whatever is specified, on direct downloads. Hard copy merch: cd-r, cd, a thriving underground cassette community, vinyl etc. Any beef anyone has will be with the artist/curator rather than Bandcamp if the music quality is not up to scratch... Bandcamp had a special day Friday gone (May 1st) when it waived all fees so that all revenue went to artists and will be doing this I think for first Friday of the next three months, off the top of my head. This is for artists who have lost out due to the pandemic...